Tag: HRW
persecution of Bahais is a ‘crime against humanity’, says HRW
The human rights organization believes that the country’s largest non-Muslim minority has been subjected to decades of systematic persecution. 3 mins The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday…
HRW denounces abuses committed by jihadists and the army against civilians
A new report published Wednesday by Human Rights Watch shows how thousands of villagers are targeted both by armed jihadist groups on the one hand, and on the other by…
HRW denounces authorities’ abuses to silence criticism of exiles abroad
Human Rights Watch publishes this Tuesday, October 10, an edifying report on the extraterritorial repression carried out by Rwanda. In this document of around a hundred pages, the NGO asserts…
HRW: Saudi border guards shoot migrants
Saudi border guards are accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers at the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, according to a report by Human Rights Watch…
HRW denounces the online targeting of LGBT people in the Middle East and North Africa
Government officials in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia are targeting LGBT people by exploiting their social media data. This is what the NGO Human Rights Watch denounces, in a…
HRW alerts Ukraine to possible use of banned mines in Izium region
These are particularly sneaky weapons that do not distinguish between civilians and combatants The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) warns Ukraine against ” apparent use by its armed forces of…
HRW denounces abuses committed by the defense and security forces
It is a system that operates with almost total impunity. In most of the cases we have documented, the perpetrators of these crimes have not been held to account. The…
Support from HRW to UN’s Russia Decision
A statement came from Human Rights Watch (HRW) regarding the exclusion of Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council membership. The UN Director of the Agency, Louis Charbonneau, said…
HRW: Beijing Olympics should be boycotted at the diplomatic level
In its annual human rights report released Thursday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) focused on threats to democratic structures around the world. In an interview with AFP ahead of the annual…